Morbid obesity as a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Morgan, Oliver W ^a   Bramley, Anna ^a   Fowlkes, Ashley ^a   Freedman, David S ^b   Taylor, Thomas H ^a   Gargiullo, Paul ^a   Belay, Brook ^b   Jain, Seema ^a   Cox, Chad ^a   Kamimoto, Laurie ^a   Fiore, Anthony ^a   Finelli, Lyn ^a   Olsen, Sonja J ^a   Fry, Alicia M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951863381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009694     Document Type: Article

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